diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c6e16f47..ba81cc32 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ repos:
             additional_dependencies: [black==24.10.0]
 
     - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-      rev: v0.7.2
+      rev: v0.8.1
       hooks:
           - id: ruff-format
           - id: ruff
diff --git a/unyt/array.py b/unyt/array.py
index 330f51c4..b3982dbf 100644
--- a/unyt/array.py
+++ b/unyt/array.py
@@ -1985,8 +1985,8 @@ def __array_ufunc__(self, ufunc, method, *inputs, **kwargs):
                 mul = 1
             else:
                 raise RuntimeError(
-                    "Support for the %s ufunc with %i inputs has not been "
-                    "added to unyt_array." % (str(ufunc), len(inputs))
+                    f"Support for the {ufunc} ufunc with {len(inputs)} "
+                    "inputs has not been added to unyt_array."
                 )
         if unit is None:
             out_arr = np.array(out_arr, copy=_COPY_IF_NEEDED)